Chapter 606: The Era of Rise (End)

Chapter 606 The Era of Rise (End)

Shen Que held Wu Yue's hand and stormed out scowling. Lu Li, audacious, coughed as a reminder,

"In public, please, contestants, keep it professional."

Shen Que immediately placed his hand on Wu Yue's waist, pulled her close, and tilted his head to look at Lu Li. "I'm holding my own wife. None of the Secretariat's business."

Lu Li, who knew when to fold, pretended not to hear and turned to leave.

Long after Lu Li had left, Shen Que's arm remained wrapped around Wu Yue's waist. Wu Yue tried to wiggle free. "Let me go. I want to see how my brother and sister are doing in their matches."

Shen Que held her hand firmly. "Let's go together."

When they arrived at the competition venue, the matches were winding down. Wu Yue looked up at the changing scores.

In today's matches, most contestants hadn't fully displayed their strength. Except for a few competitors with tightly contested scores, everyone was saving their energy for tomorrow's climb event.

Wu Yue had won four matches and lost one today, rising from tenth to ninth place.

After a day of matches, the overall top ten rankings had remained largely unchanged.

Even in tomorrow's climb event, the rankings probably won't change much.

Simply put, today was about letting everyone get comfortable and scope out the competition, warm up, and get some rivalry brewing—plus...

Wu Yue looked down at her communicator, a money-loving grin spreading across her face.

Shen Que leaned in curiously. "Honey, what are you looking at..."

The moment he saw Wu Yue's communicator, his eyes widened slowly, and he stared at her in disbelief.

Even Prince Noah, who had seen his fair share of wealth, couldn't treat such a string of zeros as mere dirt.

Wu Yue turned slightly and pinched Shen Que's cheek. "I won this from betting."

Shen Que stammered, anxiety written all over his face. "Honey, will you... will you use this money to get yourself a boytoy?"

Wu Yue snorted with laughter. "And if I did, what would you do?"

Shen Que's eyes turned deadly serious, his teeth clenched. "I would kill him."

Wu Yue took Shen Que's communicator, lowered her head, and whispered, "Shen Que, what you should say is—you are mine alone. You can't look for anyone else."

Shen Que blinked, lighting up with surprise. Wu Yue returned the communicator to him, her eyes curving into smiles.

"Sometimes, I prefer it when you're a little more assertive and strong-willed. Respecting me and wanting all of my love aren't mutually exclusive.

Or are you saying that as long as I love you, you wouldn't mind if I loved someone else too?"

Shen Que's face turned cold. "I mind. I mind immensely. I can't stand it.

You can't fall in love with anyone else. You can only love me. I want all of your love. You belong only to me—you are mine alone.

I was just afraid you wouldn't like this side of me, that you'd think my possessiveness is too strong, my thoughts too obsessive. That's why I said those things, why I pretended to be magnanimous and put on a fake, brooding act.

But in my heart, if you loved someone else—if someone liked you, if someone even looked at you wrong—I would be so angry I’d want to kill them all.

Wu Yue, the longer I love you, live with you, and share my life with you, the deeper my crazy possessive streak grows."

Your love has long been an integral part of me.

Wuyue turned to meet his gaze, and Shen Que looked at her with deep, dark eyes, as if the chaos of the outside world had nothing to do with him; his eyes held only Wuyue from the very beginning.

Wuyue told Shen Que, "You asked me not to sacrifice myself, so you must also promise me that no matter what happens to me, you won't act rashly.

You need to follow the plans laid out by Uncle Zhou, Uncle Baihu, and my uncles, step by step."

Shen Que looked at Wuyue, a sense of foreboding growing in his heart. "Are you hiding something from me?"

Shen Que immediately opened his communicator and discovered that Wuyue had transferred all her credits, items like the Fragment of the Golden River Leaf, the Instance Key, and even the SSS+ Queen Ant Spirit Core she had obtained just yesterday, all to him.

Even the ownership of the Prince's Mansion and the Blaze Base that Shen Que had previously transferred to Wuyue, she had returned to him.

Shen Que's heart leaped into his throat. He grabbed Wuyue's arm tightly, staring at her intently.

"What are you planning to do? Wuyue, you promised me!"

Wuyue nodded, "I did promise you, but Shen Que, it's not about what I want to do.

It's about... what they want to do."

Shen Que's breathing quickened. "Wuyue, have you been through something while we were apart these past few days?"

Wuyue took a deep breath. "Shen Que, I really, really want to see you become the top of the entire alliance, to defeat everyone.

But my smooth sailing seems to have come to an abrupt end since the fall of the god.

There are no more cheats, no more extraordinary luck."

We're up against an enemy just as powerful, cornered and going all-in.

There will be no more lucky breaks or holding back—only a brutal, no-holds-barred war between two species.

A war delayed for sixteen years, yet one that was ultimately inevitable: the apocalypse.”

The destiny of bloodlines, in the end, is inescapable.

The moment Wu Yue finished speaking, the alliance suddenly issued an announcement:

"A SSS-level dungeon [Infant Ghost's Wrath] is now officially open. Participants for this dungeon: human infants.

The 2-hour countdown begins now: 1:59:59."

As soon as the announcement was made, the entire competition grounds erupted into chaos.

This was the Order Realm's counterattack against the human world, Order Chief's last-ditch counterattack against humanity's relentless advance.

At the peak of humanity's rapid development and greatest fortune, they delivered a crippling blow to the head, abruptly halting this soaring momentum.

Rather than allowing humanity to continue developing and widening the gap between the two sides, ultimately leading to the decline of the Order Realm,

This time, they opted to force the confrontation first and seize the initiative.

And their first target was the thousands of children born under the Deification Project.

Humans never hesitate to direct the coldest bayonets into the most vulnerable bellies with the greatest malice.

Even when humans turn into ghosts, human nature stays just as cruel.

Shen Que gripped Wu Yue tightly, "Don’t go, don’t get involved, don’t let them pressure you. We can have more children if we lose these ones.

Those children have nothing to do with you! You’ve already done your best—you can’t let strangers keep you under their thumb forever!"

As a golden light pillar, marked with strange symbols, cut through the Yin-Yang Mountain and Sea, it landed steadily at the very center of the arena where everyone had just competed.

All eyes turned to the golden light pillar, hearts pounding wildly.

Shen Que’s eyes widened in fury, "Wu Yue, you promised me—you would never sacrifice yourself again for humanity's cause!"

As the golden light pillar grew increasingly intense, and the figures of Lu Ling and Jiang Cheng appeared within it, Shen Que felt as though his heart had been ripped out. He struggled to breathe, his scalp tingling with a sharp, stabbing pain.

Shen Que whispered, "So… it’s not just those children. Your parents are in there too, aren’t they?"

Wu Yue nodded, "Yes."

Without hesitation, Shen Que said, "Alright then. I'm coming with you. Even if it’s through Yin-Yang Mountain and Sea, even if it’s the Order Realm—screw it, even if it's outer space, I’m going with you."

Wu Yue turned to look at him, "Shen Que, you’ve always said that a nation must thrive for families to survive.

Now, the world is in ruins, and none of us can turn back.

Rather than coming with me to the Order Realm now, facing certain death, humiliation, and making me suffer more from their control—

Stay here. Drive the alliance forward. Come for me as quickly as you can.

Shen Que, I don’t want to wait fifteen years like my mother did. I don’t want to be apart from you for so long, so you need to hurry, alright?

No matter what I face in the Order Realm, I won't ever give up on life."

Wu Yue’s hand gently touched Shen Que’s eyes red with pain,

"Shen Que, I will wait for you. I will always wait for you.

I will never change my heart. I will always love you with all my heart and soul."

Volume Three: The Age of Rise (End)

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